Man killed as train car coupling breaks near Grayton
One man William Farclaugh of Ridgeway New Jersey is ground to pieces when a coupling breaks on the Southern Pacific Sunset Limited near Grayton 100 miles from this city. A Mexican passenger was injured and others bruised as the train separated and travelers moved between cars. The dead man was en route to California with his wife and four children.
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el Peso
Grayton
William H. Farclaugh
Ridgeway
N. J
Fornia
Farclaugh
Lockett Suicide Verdict in Morphine Poisoning Case
In Texarkana coroner Justice Williams ruled that Robert R. Lockett died from morphine poisoning self-administered with suicidal intent. The deceased, a prominent lawyer and former assistant attorney general, was married a week prior. His widow testified he said before losing consciousness that he had taken the drug. Paris reports the French government will not rush a cotton seed tariff decision.
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Texarkana
Justice Williams
Robert R. Lockett
Camel
M. M. Crane
Democratic Club Leader Attacks Root Centralization Plan
Edward H. Sheppard at the Brooklyn Democratic club denounces Secretary Root’s call for centralizing power in Washington. He warns the Democratic Party must oppose the destruction of the state and insist on federal limits, citing the Constitution and the U.S. system.
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New York
Edward H. Sheppard
Brooklyn Democratic Club
Democratic Party
Root
Sheppard
Washington
Texas Railway establishes headquarters at Victoria
Headquarters of the Texas Railway company were established in Victoria to manage the Guadalupe Valley railway grade work. A large shipment of building material has arrived and construction toward Port O Connor, a fifty one mile line, is near completion.
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Victoria
Tex
The
Texas Railway Company
Guadalupe Valley
Port O’connor
Negro Levi Dowell Dead After Shafting Incident
In Pittsburg Texas on December 14 Levi Dowell a Black man was fatally injured when his clothing touched moving shafting near Pine. He was instantly pulled in and died shortly after at the scene or nearby. Local authorities investigating the accident and cause of the shafting mechanism’s contact.
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Pittsburg
Tex
Levi Dowell
Eight Hour Day Granted at Homestead Mine
Deadwood South Dakota December 14. Eight hours have been granted to employees of the Homestead mine.
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Deadwood
S. D
Homestead
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Paris
Bank OF Bryan
U. S
J. W. Howell
Guy M. Bryan, JR
H. C. Boatwright
L. L. McInnis
F. M. Law
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del Monte
Java
Richelieu
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